Made of wood and bamboos, the pier is about two meters wide and 100 meters long. Its railing has lights.
Jess Guerrero, who owns the property where the pier was constructed, said they started building it two weeks ago.
Guerrero said they want to name the place, “Spiritual Cultivation Lake.”
“This is the place where you can relax and enjoy a countryside landscape of the island right in the middle of an urban village,” Guerrero said, adding that they consider it a community project.
The only convenient access to the lake belongs to his family, he said, but he has always been willing to allow other people to pass through it to see the lake.
Schoolchildren and tourists, he added, use his property whenever they visit the lake.
Guerrero said his father built a similar structure in the early 1960s but since it was also made of wood, it did not last long.
He thinks he does not have to apply for a permit, but if the government will ask him to do so, he is willing to comply.
Guerrero’s friend, Louie Reyes, said they are aware that the government is planning to construct a boardwalk on the other side of the lake.
There are, however, wildlife and “taotao’mona” in that area, Reyes said.
“People should not dare go in there because the birds and the taotao mona should not be disturbed,” he added.
Taotao mona are spirits of ancient inhabitants believed to haunt the mountains and other secluded natural places of the Marianas.
An environmental assessment is currently being conducted for the Lake Susupe boardwalk trail project.
